Essentially this is Rummy played with 108 lettered cards. There are 26 red letter cards, one for each letter of the alphabet, 74 blue letter cards, and 8 wild cards.Players meld words of three or more letters, add to their own or opponents' word melds, and can capture others' melds and add to or rearrange them.Minimum count of 100 to go out. The game ends when a player has 1000 points.3 letter words are worth 30 points 4 letter words are worth 40 points 5 letter words are worth 50 points Words over 5 letters add 20 points for each letter over five. Words of all red letters have the value multiplied by the number of letters in the word. - BoardGameGeek